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Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 82965

A blood test that measures glutamate dehydrogenase, an enzyme found deep inside liver cells. Because it is held within the cell rather than on its surface, a raised level in the blood signals that liver cells themselves have been damaged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glutamate Dehydrogenase Blood Test cost?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $17.78 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$10.47 to $16.22
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$17.78$14.45 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $13 to $47Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $6 to $18
$5$10$20$50facility $18professional $14

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.17
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$12.02

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in North Dakota than in Connecticut. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 8th of 51

$15.85

ND $21.88CT $7.94

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.